Washington (state)
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washingt ...
, United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the
federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a fe ...
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Washington metropolitan area
The Washington metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the National Capital Region, is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of the states of Maryland, Virgi ...
, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...
(1732–1799), the first president of the United States
Washington may also refer to:
Places
England
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Washington, Tyne and Wear
Washington is a town in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it is the ancestral settlement of the Washington family, which George Washington descended from.
It is located between Ches ...
, a town in the
City of Sunderland
The City of Sunderland () is a metropolitan borough with city status in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is named after its largest settlement, Sunderland, spanning a far larger area, including nearby towns incl ...
Cape Washington, Greenland
Cape Washington ( da, Kap Washington) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Geography
Cape Washington is located east of Cape Kane, off the mouth of the Hunt Fjord at the norther ...
New Washington, Aklan
New Washington, officially the Municipality of New Washington ( Aklanon: ''Banwa it New Washington''; Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang New Washington''; tl, Bayan ng New Washington), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. A ...
Escalante, Negros Occidental
Escalante, officially the City of Escalante ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Escalante; hil, Dakbanwa sang Escalante; fil, Lungsod ng Escalante), is a 4th class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, i ...
*Washington, a barangay in
San Jacinto, Masbate
San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,686 people.
It is located on Ticao Island.
Geography
Barangay ...
*Washington, a barangay in
Surigao City
Surigao City, officially the City of Surigao ( Surigaonon: ''Siyudad nan Surigao''; ceb, Dakbayan sa Surigao; fil, Lungsod ng Surigao), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to t ...
Washington Avenue (disambiguation) Washington Avenue may refer to:
United States
* Washington Avenue (Miami Beach) in Miami Beach, Florida
* Washington Avenue (Milford Mill, Maryland)
* Washington Avenue (Towson, Maryland)
* Washington Avenue (Minneapolis), a major street in Min ...
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Washington Boulevard (disambiguation) Washington Boulevard may refer to:
* Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles), California
* Washington Boulevard (Baltimore), Maryland
* Washington Boulevard Historic District, Detroit, Michigan
* Washington Boulevard (Arlington), Virginia
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Washington Bridge (disambiguation) The Washington Bridge is a bridge over the Harlem River in New York City.
Washington Bridge may also refer to:
* Washington Bridge (Connecticut), a drawbridge over the Housatonic River connecting Milford and Stratford, Connecticut
* Washington B ...
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Washington County (disambiguation)
Washington County is the name of 30 counties and one parish in the United States of America, all named after George Washington, revolutionary war general and first President of the United States. It is the most common county name in the United Sta ...
Washington Island (disambiguation) The name Washington Island refers to:
* Washington Island (Wisconsin), the largest of the islands that make up the Town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin
* Washington Island (Michigan) in Keweenaw County, Michigan
* Washington Island (Minneso ...
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Washington Park (disambiguation) Washington Park may refer to the following, all in the United States:
Communities
* Washington Park, Arizona
* Washington Park, Florida
* Washington Park, Illinois
* Washington Park, New Jersey
* Washington Park, North Carolina
* Washington Par ...
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Washington Square (disambiguation) Washington Square may refer to:
Places
* Washington Square (Bangkok), Thailand
* Washington Square, Pasadena, California, a neighborhood of Pasadena, CA
* Washington Square (Brookline), Massachusetts
** Washington Square (MBTA station), Brookline ...
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Washington Street (disambiguation) Washington Street may refer to:
United States
* Washington Street (Alexandria), Virginia
* Washington Street, in Atlanta, Georgia, a fashionable residential boulevard around 1890-1910; see Washington–Rawson
* Washington Street, in Augusta, Geor ...
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Washington Township (disambiguation) Washington Township may refer to:
* Washington Township, Arkansas (disambiguation)
* Washington Township, Alameda County, California, a former township
* Washington Township, Illinois (disambiguation)
* Washington Township, Indiana (disambiguat ...
Washington, Arkansas
Washington is a city in Ozan Township, Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census, up from 148 in 2000. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city is home to Historic Washington S ...
Washington, Connecticut
Washington is a rural town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. The population was 3,646 at the 2020 census. Washington is known for its picturesque countryside, historic architecture, and active civi ...
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Washington, Georgia
Washington is the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. Under its original name Heard's Fort, it was briefly designated as the state capital during the American Revolutionary War. It is noted as the place where the Confederacy ...
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Washington, Illinois
Washington is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. Washington is on U.S. Route 24 and Illinois Route 8, northeast of East Peoria. The population was 15,134 at the 2010 census, a 39.6 percent increase over 2000. It is a suburb of ...
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Washington, Indiana
Washington is a city in Daviess County, Indiana. The population was 11,509 at the time of the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Daviess County. It is also the principal city of the Washington, Indiana Micropolitan Statistical Are ...
Washington, Kentucky
Washington is a neighborhood of the city of Maysville located near the Ohio River in Mason County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is one of the earliest settlements in Kentucky and also one of the earliest American settlements west of the Appal ...
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Washington, Louisiana
Washington is a village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 742 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Opelousas– Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. Washington was the largest inland port between New Orl ...
Washington, Massachusetts
Washington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 494 at the 2020 census.
History
Washington was first settled in 1760 and was ...
Washington, Missouri
Washington is a city on the south banks of the Missouri River, 50 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri, and the largest in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. The estimated population in July 2021 was 14,916, an increase of 7% since the 2010 ...
Washington, Oklahoma
Washington is a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 618 as of the 2010 census.
History
A post office called Washington has been in operation since 1904. The town was not named after George Washington, first Presi ...
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Washington, Pennsylvania
Washington is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania. A part of the Greater Pittsburgh area in the southwestern part of the state, the city is home to Washington & Jefferson College and Pony League baseball. The populat ...
Washington, Utah
Washington is a city in south central Washington County, Utah, United States and is a part of the St. George Metropolitan Area. The area is also known as Utah's Dixie because the Mormon pioneers who settled the St. George area came to the ar ...
Washington, Virginia
The town of Washington, Virginia, is a historic village located in the eastern foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park. The entire town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, Wa ...
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Washington, West Virginia
Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg- Marietta-Vienna, WV- OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,175 at the 2010 ...
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Washington Court House, Ohio
Washington Court House (often abbreviated as Washington C.H.) is a city in Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio. It is the county seat of Fayette County and is located between Cincinnati and Columbus. The population grew almost 1.5% from 2010 to ...
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Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas
Washington-on-the-Brazos is an unincorporated community along the Brazos River in Washington County, Texas, United States. The town is best known for being the site of the Convention of 1836 and the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independen ...
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Washington Square (Philadelphia)
Washington Square (originally designated in 1682 as Southeast Square) is a open-space park in Center City, Philadelphia, The southeast quadrant and one of the five original planned squares laid out on the city grid by William Penn's surveyor, ...
Washington Escarpment
Washington Escarpment () is the major west-facing escarpment of the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica, extending some 50 miles (80 km) and being the point of origin of a number of west-trending rock ridges. Mapped by United Stat ...
Mahaica-Berbice
Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) is a region of Guyana, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the region of Demerara-Mahaica to the west.
It ...
, Guyana
Education
Higher education
In Washington (state)
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Central Washington University
Central Washington University (CWU) is a public university in Ellensburg, Washington. Founded in 1891, the university consists of four divisions: the President's Division, Business and Financial Affairs, Operations, and Academic and Student Lif ...
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
, Seattle, Washington
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Washington State University
Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant uni ...
, Pullman, Washington
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Western Washington University
Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries t ...
, Washington, Pennsylvania
** Washington College (Pennsylvania), merged with Jefferson College (Pennsylvania) in 1865 to form Washington & Jefferson College
* Washington College (California), formerly in Irvington, Fremont, California
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Washington College
Washington College is a private liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland. Maryland granted Washington College its charter in 1782. George Washington supported the founding of the college by consenting to have the "College at Chester" name ...
Washington College of Law
The American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL or WCL) is the law school of American University, a private research university in Washington, D.C. It is located on the western side of Tenley Circle in the Tenleytown section of nort ...
Lake Washington High School
Lake Washington High School is a four-year public high school in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. It is one of four main high schools in the Lake Washington School District, with an enrollment capacity of approximately 1,500 student ...
Washington College Academy
Washington College Academy was a private Presbyterian-affiliated educational institution located in Washington College, Limestone, Tennessee. Founded in 1780 by Doctor of Divinity Samuel Doak, the academy for many years offered accredited college, ...
Washington International School
The Washington International School (abbreviated as WIS; es, Colegio Internacional de Washington; french: École Internationale de Washington) is a private international school in Washington, DC.
Established in 1966, WIS was the first school i ...
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, a ...
, professional ice hockey team of the National Hockey League
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Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C.. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. From 2005 to 2007, the team played in RFK Stadiu ...
, professional baseball team of Major League Baseball
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Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference ...
, professional basketball team of the Women's National Basketball Association
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Washington Commanders
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) E ...
, formerly ''Washington Redskins'', professional American football team of the National Football League
* Washington Wizards, professional basketball team of the National Basketball Association
In Washington (state)
Division I
* Eastern Washington Eagles, athletic teams of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington
* Washington Huskies, athletic teams of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington
* Washington State Cougars, athletic teams of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington
* Washington F.C., a football club based in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England
* Washington University Bears, athletic teams of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
List of places named for George Washington
This is a list of memorials to George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and first president of the United States.
Federal holiday
Washington's Birthday has been a federal holiday in ...